PA HB1271

Prohibits Pennsylvania public colleges and universities from establishing or maintaining "bias reporting systems" that solicit reports about offensive or unwanted speech, including satire or microaggressions

Bars institutions from investigating, threatening discipline, or punishing campus community members for protected expressive activity, which includes protests, speeches, guest speakers, literature distribution, and political expression on or off campus

Prohibits charging security fees above the standard rate based on the content of expression or anticipated reactions to speakers, preventing the "heckler's veto" through cost burdens

Requires institutions to establish student-on-student harassment policies but limits punishment to conduct that is "severe, pervasive, and subjectively and objectively offensive" enough to deny educational access

Creates private right of action allowing aggrieved individuals to sue for violations, with minimum damages of $5,000 or actual damages (whichever is greater), plus attorney fees and court costs, with a one-year statute of limitations